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Coke Zero Banned
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Silver Surfer

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CARACAS (AFP) - Coca-Cola pulled its no-calorie Coke Zero from shelves in Venezuela Thursday on Health Ministry orders, as the local bottler insisted it was safe to drink.

 

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"This product must be taken off the market to safeguard Venezuelans' health" as it has "an ingredient that can be harmful to people," Health Minister Jesus Mantilla, said a day earlier, according to the state news agency ABN.

 

The move took Zero, which has been sold in Venezuela for just a few months, out of all businesses nationwide, in this country led by leftist President Hugo Chavez, a staunch critic of the United States and market economics.

 

Coke and its local bottler Femsa "declare that Coca-Cola Zero has no ingredient that could be harmful to human health," in a statement run in local media Thursday.

 

Coca-Cola said the sugarless soft drink met all standards in Venezuela but still suspended production of Zero pending a government investigation of its ingredients.

 

 

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G.A.tor

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My wifes brother swears by the stuff. I only like it when it is ice cold. As soon as it warms up a little I can taste the lack of sugar and need pepsi or regular coke.
I prefer it cold too
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